Cloud enables control of "Internet of
Things" in the home to manage heating, lighting, laundry via Vodafone's Mobile Wireless Network

IBM and Vodafone recently announced a
collaboration to combine mobile communications and cloud computing for the
remote management of ‘smart home’ appliances.

At the IFA consumer electronics event in Berlin, Vodafone and IBM
demonstrated the mobile management of a washing machine and other smart home
devices that are connected by Vodafone’s Global M2M Platform running on IBM’s
new SmartCloud
Service Delivery Platform.

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology makes home appliances more intelligent by
connecting them wirelessly to the internet. This enables them to feed useful
data back to the service provider or manufacturer to achieve a better customer
experience through new functionality and enhanced services.

IBM Launches New Class of
Analytics Software To Improve Decision Making

IBM recently announced new predictive analytics
software that automatically correlates and analyzes big data to help clients
embed hyper-intelligence into every business decision. In addition to
generating insights on internal data in a matter of seconds, the software
measures the impact of social networking channels and factors this information
into organizational decision making.

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